The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
March saw a massive swing in both global oil prices and the rand’s strength versus the dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the United States’ initiation of war against Iran on 28 February in “Operation Epic Fury”, escalations in the Middle East threw markets into chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Retaliatory strikes by Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent global oil prices soaring past $100 a barrel, while investors pulled out of riskier markets, impacting the rand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With both sides of the fuel price equation working against motorists, this led to steep under-recoveries, putting petrol and diesel prices on the block for the biggest increases in South Africa’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a bid to soften the blow to motorists, the National Treasury announced it would temporarily cut the fuel levy by R3.00 per litre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 1 April, petrol prices will see a massive increase of R3.06 per litre. Diesel prices will see a staggering R7.37 and R7.51 per litre leap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below outlines the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The average international product prices followed the increasing trend of crude oil price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These factors led to higher contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices of petrol, diesel and illuminating paraffin by R5.26 per litre, R9.49 per litre and R10.80 per litre, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The prices of Propane and Butane remained the same during the period under review due to lower demand driven by the shift to warmer weather in the Northern Hemisphere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, shipping costs were higher due to the conflict in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Rand depreciated on average, against the US Dollar (from 16.00 to 16.64 Rand per USD) during the period under review when compared to the previous one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This led to higher contributions to the Basic Fuel Prices of petrol, diesel and Illuminating Paraffin by 56.18 c\/l, 78.07 c\/l and 83.21 c\/l, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Minister of Finance, in his Budget Speech on the 25th of February 2026, announced that the Fuel Levy on petrol and diesel will increase by 9.00 c\/l and 8.00 c\/l respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Carbon Levy will also increase by 5.00 c\/l for petrol and 6.00 c\/l for diesel. Therefore, the Fuel Levy in the price structure of petrol and diesel will increase to 429.0 c\/l and 416.0 c\/l. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He further announced that the Road Accident Fund (RAF) Levy on both petrol and diesel will increase by 7.00 c\/l to 225.0 c\/l. These adjustments will come into effect from the 1st of April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the ongoing US-Iran conflict, which has affected fuel prices globally, a temporary reduction in the general fuel levy of R3.00 per litre announced by the Minister of Finance in consultation with the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources will be implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This will remain in effect from 1 April to 5 May 2026. Therefore, the fuel levy for petrol and diesel will be 129.0 c\/l and 116.0 c\/l, respectively, during this period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The prices take effect from Wednesday, 1 April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is how the price changes will reflect at the pumps (Diesel prices reflect wholesale, pump prices will differ):<\/p>\n\n\n\n (This article has been updated to reflect the correct wholesale price increase for illuminating paraffin).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has published the official fuel price adjustments that will take effect on Wednesday, 1 April 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":644669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9874],"tags":[22162,2171],"class_list":["post-855115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-dpmr","tag-petrol-price"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=855115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":855468,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855115\/revisions\/855468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=855115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=855115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=855115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuel<\/strong><\/td> Change<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Petrol 93<\/td> increase<\/mark> of R3.06 per litre<\/td><\/tr> Petrol 95<\/td> increase<\/mark> of R3.06 per litre<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td> increase<\/mark> of R7.37 per litre<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td> increase<\/mark> of R7.51 per litre<\/td><\/tr> Illuminating Paraffin (Wholesale)<\/td> increase<\/mark> of R11.67 per litre<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (Gauteng)<\/td> increase <\/mark>of R1.08 per kg<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nInland<\/strong><\/td> March Official<\/strong><\/td> April Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 93 Petrol<\/td> R20.19<\/td> R23.25<\/td><\/tr> 95 Petrol<\/td> R20.30<\/td> R23.36<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td> R18.53<\/td> R25.90<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td> R18.60<\/td> R26.11<\/td><\/tr> Illuminating Paraffin<\/td> R12.54<\/td> R24.21<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (per kg)<\/td> R34.97<\/td> R36.05<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Coastal<\/strong><\/td> March Official<\/strong><\/td> April Official<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 93 Petrol<\/td> R19.40<\/td> R22.46<\/td><\/tr> 95 Petrol<\/td> R19.47<\/td> R22.53<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.05% (wholesale)<\/td> R17.70<\/td> R25.07<\/td><\/tr> Diesel 0.005% (wholesale)<\/td> R17.84<\/td> R25.35<\/td><\/tr> Illuminating Paraffin<\/td> R11.52<\/td> R23.19<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (per kg)<\/td> R31.72<\/td> R32.80<\/td><\/tr> LPGAS (Saldanha)*<\/td> R33.84<\/td> R35.07<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>
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